Textures of the land: Reconnecting with our roots With Charly Cartier This event is for QTBIPOC (Queer, Trans, Black, Indigenous, People of Colour). Register here to attend. An artistic exploration workshop and conversation. This event invites Queer members of the BIPOC community in a discussion around ancestry, land, pre/de colonialism, belonging, home etc. The discussion […]
“Severed” Screening hosted by In Pain and Insane On October 29th, in recognition of two years of Israel’s relentless genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, as well as National Disability Awareness Month in the so-called U.S. and Disability Employment Awareness Month in so-called Canada, In Pain and Insane invites you to a screening of the powerful, […]
WHERE I COME FROM THE GROUND IS RED With Mak Ékoué WHERE I COME FROM THE GROUND IS RED is a slow, attentive, creative workshop – an exercise in bearing witness to the life of land beyond human intervention. Using simple writing to share intimacies with strangers and create space between wounds, participants will first […]
Jazz Night at the QPIRG Library QPIRG is hosting a fundraiser jazz night at the Alternative Library! Performances by Bee, Lily Rose, and Bloodfarts. RSVP only, limited spots available. Get your tickets here: https://www.zeffy.com/en-CA/ticketing/qpirg-jazz-night November 21, 6-9pm QPIRG Library (3516 Av du Parc) Accessibility: The QPIRG Library space is only partially accessible. There is a […]
As always, we’re kicking off Spring into Action with a FREE community dinner, on Monday, March 16th! Come for a delicious vegan meal, and hang out with QPIRG and like-minded folks who care about social justice and building real community. First come, first served – and we have run out of food at all of […]
Dig into the art and activism of guerrilla gardening with us on March 19, from 5:30 to 7:30 pm at the Concordia Greenhouse! This hands-on workshop explores how planting in neglected, public and private urban spaces has been used as a form of resistance that creates beautiful green spaces, grows food, and reclaims unused land […]
This workshop maps extraction as a political and environmental process of the capitalocene, tracing how projects framed as development or sustainability- by bringing together cases from India, Palestine, and Alaska- reorganize land and life through colonial or racial power. Rather than proposing reformist solutions, the workshop opens space to revisit environmental possibility by questioning what […]
Come join us on March 23, from 6-9 PM in the SSMU Flex Space, in making plarn, which is yarn made from recycled plastic bags. You will learn all about the techniques of making plarn with guidance. This workshop is beginner friendly! Within this event there will be an opportunity to share awareness about local […]
At a time where police violence, modern surveillance tactics, and the criminalization of migrants are intensifying, how do we work collectively to prepare to take care of each other, communicate with each other, and organize together? In the face of late fascism and global oppression, across borders and movements, it’s more important than ever to […]